Friday Night Hot Stove Links

by 3460kuri on Dec 2, 2011 5:03 PM EST in New York Yankees Rumors

Jon Heyman is reporting that the Astros are shopping Carlos Lee, Brett Myers, and Wandy Rodriguez. Lee had a bounceback season last year, but given his recent history, I doubt any team would be interested, even at 15 cents on the dollar. Myers is a little more interesting, but he gaves up way too many home runs to succeed anywhere but Petco, Safeco, and Comerica Parks, and he's owed $14 million. Wandy Rodriguez interests me, as he's done well enough in a hitter's park that I think he'd be able to succeed in the AL East. He'd be owed $39 million over the next three seasons, but if the Astros were willing to do a Roy Oswalt-type trade - in other words, eat half the contract and only ask for B-level prospects - I'd talk to them.
Are the Tigers really in on Jose Reyes? Justin Verlander is due a big raise next season, so Detroit would need to bump it's payroll back into the $130-$140 million range to make this happen.
The Rays are interested in bringing both Johnny Damon and Casey Kotchman back next season. I really have no idea why.
The Rangers are trying to lock Mike Napoli up long-term. Since they're a rival of the Yankees, I hope they pay assuming that he'll keep putting up .450 wOBAs (because he almost certainly won't).

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Yeah, the Astros are going to make a big splash in the AL West

And by splash I mean a duck landing in a pond. Also, considering what they give away their good players for, I say we trade them Romine and a box of Nestle’s Buncha Crunch for Wandy, and call it a fucking day!

"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"

by I'mGivingYouARaise on Dec 2, 2011 8:04 PM EST reply actions

Well, for Hunter Pence, they got two top 100 prospects: Jonathan Singleton (#39 on Baseball America’s list) and Jarred Cosart (#70 on BA’s list), as well as Josh Zeid, who up until 2011 had shown solid numbers, and a PTBNL.

For Oswalt’s 1.5 years, they gave up a J.A. Happ who had about 5 years of service left great success at the Major League level at the time, Anthony Gose (a very toolsy prospect who was then flipped to Toronto, so we’ll be seeing him), and Jonathan Villar, who is a top 100 prospect on BA’s list.

They didn’t exactly get hosed despite the overwhelming opinions suggesting otherwise.

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by Frank Campagnola on Dec 2, 2011 9:16 PM EST up reply actions